Differentiating in the Dictionary

Hi all,

I have a brilliant question. Is it possible to distuinguish between proper
nouns and regular words using the Word Dictionary in VBA?

I mean, I am looking for a function that will give me a result like this:
IsItName("John")=True
IsItName("Anything")=False
IsItName("Kerry")=True

Thank you for your time.

Vince

Word
Fri Jul 30 18:43:05 CDT 2004

G'day "fdde" <sdsad@fsd.com>,

I friggin wish ;-) You can find [A-Z][a-z]@ to get all Title Case
words, then discard those:

* preceded by either a period & spaces or start of para
* sitting in a non body-text style

This will come close. Unfortunately grammar tools are provided by a
3rd party so I cannot see any such joy in the near future. Man, would
it make NLP easier.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
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fdde reckoned:

>Hi all,
>
>I have a brilliant question. Is it possible to distuinguish between proper
>nouns and regular words using the Word Dictionary in VBA?
>
>I mean, I am looking for a function that will give me a result like this:
>IsItName("John")=True
>IsItName("Anything")=False
>IsItName("Kerry")=True
>
>Thank you for your time.
>
>Vince
>

fdde
Fri Jul 30 20:01:51 CDT 2004

I knew I was asking for too much! Well, your idea would work for sentences
like 'John Kerry gave a sizzling speech at the convention'. However, the
sentences that I have to break down are more like 'John Kerry Gave A
Sizzling Speech At The Convention'. So basically, I would need to find the
names and insert a marker just after the name, something like 'John Kerry ^
Gave A Sizzling Speech At The Convention'. Of course, the noun could appear
in any order, anywhere in the sentence! So, I guess, I'ld have to think of
some other magical solution or better yet, scrap the idea!

Thanks for your reply.


"Word Heretic" <myfullname@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:p2nlg0lkcdcr7btms49k0hfeg1c9jmadd1@4ax.com...
> G'day "fdde" <sdsad@fsd.com>,
>
> I friggin wish ;-) You can find [A-Z][a-z]@ to get all Title Case
> words, then discard those:
>
> * preceded by either a period & spaces or start of para
> * sitting in a non body-text style
>
> This will come close. Unfortunately grammar tools are provided by a
> 3rd party so I cannot see any such joy in the near future. Man, would
> it make NLP easier.
>
> Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
> Want a hyperlinked index? S/W R&D? See WordHeretic.com
>
> steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment)
>
>
> fdde reckoned:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I have a brilliant question. Is it possible to distuinguish between
proper
> >nouns and regular words using the Word Dictionary in VBA?
> >
> >I mean, I am looking for a function that will give me a result like this:
> >IsItName("John")=True
> >IsItName("Anything")=False
> >IsItName("Kerry")=True
> >
> >Thank you for your time.
> >
> >Vince
> >
>

Word
Sat Jul 31 23:56:58 CDT 2004

G'day "fdde" <sdsad@fsd.com>,

<Quietly advises scrapping the idea as supporting tech is not in place
yet>

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
Want a hyperlinked index? S/W R&D? See WordHeretic.com

steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment)


fdde reckoned:

>I knew I was asking for too much! Well, your idea would work for sentences
>like 'John Kerry gave a sizzling speech at the convention'. However, the
>sentences that I have to break down are more like 'John Kerry Gave A
>Sizzling Speech At The Convention'. So basically, I would need to find the
>names and insert a marker just after the name, something like 'John Kerry ^
>Gave A Sizzling Speech At The Convention'. Of course, the noun could appear
>in any order, anywhere in the sentence! So, I guess, I'ld have to think of
>some other magical solution or better yet, scrap the idea!
>
>Thanks for your reply.
>
>
>"Word Heretic" <myfullname@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
>news:p2nlg0lkcdcr7btms49k0hfeg1c9jmadd1@4ax.com...
>> G'day "fdde" <sdsad@fsd.com>,
>>
>> I friggin wish ;-) You can find [A-Z][a-z]@ to get all Title Case
>> words, then discard those:
>>
>> * preceded by either a period & spaces or start of para
>> * sitting in a non body-text style
>>
>> This will come close. Unfortunately grammar tools are provided by a
>> 3rd party so I cannot see any such joy in the near future. Man, would
>> it make NLP easier.
>>
>> Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
>> Want a hyperlinked index? S/W R&D? See WordHeretic.com
>>
>> steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment)
>>
>>
>> fdde reckoned:
>>
>> >Hi all,
>> >
>> >I have a brilliant question. Is it possible to distuinguish between
>proper
>> >nouns and regular words using the Word Dictionary in VBA?
>> >
>> >I mean, I am looking for a function that will give me a result like this:
>> >IsItName("John")=True
>> >IsItName("Anything")=False
>> >IsItName("Kerry")=True
>> >
>> >Thank you for your time.
>> >
>> >Vince
>> >
>>
>